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Rini Sherony and Jason Hallman, two of CSRC’s team members, were invited and presented at the 2022 Society of Automotive Engineers Government / Industry Meeting (SAE GIM).  The 2022 SAE GIM was held in Washington DC with select sessions broadcast virtually. Sherony presented her talk “E-scooter Vehicle Interactions Safety Assessment from a Large Scale Naturalistic … Continued

This is attributed to the design of highly performing electrolytes by TRINA scientists and organic cathodes developed by the University of Houston.

Teammate® advanced driver assistance technology is an SAE Level 2 system, based on Toyota’s Mobility Teammate Concept, that provides two functions: Advanced Drive and Advanced Park.

When it arrives in the market later this year, Toyota’s Teammate will mark a major milestone along Toyota’s transformation to a technology-driven mobility company.

In its transformational shift to a mobility company, Toyota is exploring future ways to expand its mobility services by pioneering and testing new service concepts. Enter the Toyota Agile Space (TAS), which will pilot in a retail application beginning in June.

Dr. Umesh Gandhi was elevated to the SPE fellow grade by the Society of Plastic Engineers at a recent virtual awards ceremony.

ERD and TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS (TCRDL) published a joint paper titled “Large-Scale Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Topology Optimization of Variable-Axial Lightweight Composite Structures” to Journal of Mechanical Design.

For the first time, researchers from the University of Virginia and Toyota have described how human fat tissue behaves under forces typical of motor-vehicle crashes, closing a vulnerable gap in car safety research while offering a valuable resource for manufacturers seeking to make safer vehicles. 

The first-generation LS debuted in 1989 with the monumental goal of shaping the Lexus brand. It built the foundation of Lexus by its exceptional quietness, comfort and refinement, and each subsequent generation has embraced the spirit of constant innovation through new technology.

Toyota isn’t giving away something that everybody wants, but it is offering up technology that’s very important to engineers who work on improving how vehicles protect passengers in accidents.